Post by BellevueBuckeye on May 3, 2016 22:20:42 GMT -5
This new site, hosted by proboards, has a lot of nicer and newer features compared to what we had on NOSF, which was hosted by excoboard.
So, the following is a list of some of the new features that we didn't have on NOSF:
It's Mobile Friendly - probably the most requested thing on NOSF was improving mobile access. On this site you should now automatically have the mobile version appear when accessing the site on your phone (and and there's a link at the bottom of the page for switching back and forth from the mobile and desktop versions)
Like Button - another thing that was frequently requested on NOSF, and this site had it
Search Feature that actually works - as far as I can tell, the search feature on here is very accurate, and it has very detailed tools for refining searches. Much better than the hit or miss version we had on NOSF. And there's even a search feature for each individual subforum.
Page Number Bar - this one takes some getting used to....instead of having page numbers at both the top and bottom of the page, the page numbers from the top stick to the top of your screen and follow along as you scroll down the page
Notifications - you can receive notifications on your profile and even emails for all sorts of things (such as someone liking your post, quoting your post, etc.) To edit what you do and don't get notified about, go into your profile, select edit profile, then go to the notifications tab.
Avatar maker - if you don't like having that creepy default blue and gray face thing as your avatar, there are several ways to change it. Got to your profile, select edit profile, and the first thing you'll see is avatar settings. There you have several options for making an avatar, including linking to an online pic, uploading a pic from your computer, or using the proboards avatar builder that creates a custom face image.
Recent Threads/Recent Posts - at the bottom of the main page are these two links that take you a list of all the most recently updated threads or the most recent posts across the whole forum
Participated - this link at the top right will give you a list of threads you have posted in
"New" Button - Clicking the "New" button on the outside of a thread will take you directly to the next unread post. Also, threads will continue to be marked "New" until you actually read them, regardless of how much time goes by, whether you make a post elsewhere on the forum, or even leave the forum and come back....which is a huge improvement from the way it was on NOSF. You can also select any thread and use the drop down menu on the top of each subform to mark threads as "new" or "read" like you would an email.
Status - in your profile you can edit your "status" which is a customizable block of text separate from your signature that shows up below your avatar (see mine for an example)
Preview/BBCode - when making a post you can type in either the Preview mode which shows how the post will look like or the BBcode mode which is the way typing replies on NOSF looked like
Members List - the members list can be easily sorted by category by clicking on the categories themselves and includes its own search feature.
See members posts - on any member's profile you can see a list of every post they've made or thread they've posted to
Block Member - with this feature you can hide a member's posts, stop them from PMing you etc. To use the feature go to their profile page and select "block member" from the drop down menu with the gear
Help - there's a proboards help page in the top menu that talks more about this stuff and several other features
Well, that's a good starter list.
Feel free to add to this
So, the following is a list of some of the new features that we didn't have on NOSF:
It's Mobile Friendly - probably the most requested thing on NOSF was improving mobile access. On this site you should now automatically have the mobile version appear when accessing the site on your phone (and and there's a link at the bottom of the page for switching back and forth from the mobile and desktop versions)
Like Button - another thing that was frequently requested on NOSF, and this site had it
Search Feature that actually works - as far as I can tell, the search feature on here is very accurate, and it has very detailed tools for refining searches. Much better than the hit or miss version we had on NOSF. And there's even a search feature for each individual subforum.
Page Number Bar - this one takes some getting used to....instead of having page numbers at both the top and bottom of the page, the page numbers from the top stick to the top of your screen and follow along as you scroll down the page
Notifications - you can receive notifications on your profile and even emails for all sorts of things (such as someone liking your post, quoting your post, etc.) To edit what you do and don't get notified about, go into your profile, select edit profile, then go to the notifications tab.
Avatar maker - if you don't like having that creepy default blue and gray face thing as your avatar, there are several ways to change it. Got to your profile, select edit profile, and the first thing you'll see is avatar settings. There you have several options for making an avatar, including linking to an online pic, uploading a pic from your computer, or using the proboards avatar builder that creates a custom face image.
Recent Threads/Recent Posts - at the bottom of the main page are these two links that take you a list of all the most recently updated threads or the most recent posts across the whole forum
Participated - this link at the top right will give you a list of threads you have posted in
"New" Button - Clicking the "New" button on the outside of a thread will take you directly to the next unread post. Also, threads will continue to be marked "New" until you actually read them, regardless of how much time goes by, whether you make a post elsewhere on the forum, or even leave the forum and come back....which is a huge improvement from the way it was on NOSF. You can also select any thread and use the drop down menu on the top of each subform to mark threads as "new" or "read" like you would an email.
Status - in your profile you can edit your "status" which is a customizable block of text separate from your signature that shows up below your avatar (see mine for an example)
Preview/BBCode - when making a post you can type in either the Preview mode which shows how the post will look like or the BBcode mode which is the way typing replies on NOSF looked like
Members List - the members list can be easily sorted by category by clicking on the categories themselves and includes its own search feature.
See members posts - on any member's profile you can see a list of every post they've made or thread they've posted to
Block Member - with this feature you can hide a member's posts, stop them from PMing you etc. To use the feature go to their profile page and select "block member" from the drop down menu with the gear
Help - there's a proboards help page in the top menu that talks more about this stuff and several other features
Well, that's a good starter list.
Feel free to add to this